Yao Xiujuan smiled and said, "Brother Jie's wife has given birth and is now in the brigade recuperating. When grandma found out, she said she'd go check on her. When Xinxin and the others heard they were going back to the brigade, she and Dazhu, Sanzhu, Si Ya, and Xinxin each rode a bicycle and took them all back."
"Grandma said she would stay overnight before she left this morning and she probably wouldn't be back until tomorrow."
"oh."
Chu Tian knew that they were all fine, so he didn't continue asking. Instead, he raised his chin and asked about the business of the three shops in front. "How is it? Is business okay?"
When Yao Xiujuan heard Chu Tian asking about business, the smile on her face became even bigger, "Good, it's always good."
He paused and hesitated, "It's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that there's a clothing store not far from our house. Although the variety and quality of the clothes they sell aren't as wide or as good as ours, the prices are cheaper and there are quite a few people buying from them..."
Chu Tian waved his hand nonchalantly. "Don't worry about other people opening stores. There will only be more and more competitors in the future. Instead of worrying about others opening the same store as you, why not think about how to make customers only want to buy our products, no matter how cheap others sell them."
Yao Xiujuan nodded. "I know. You said that business only exists when there is competition."
Chu Tian chuckled, "Isn't that enough?"
After thinking for a while, he heard the sound of customers being served in the shop in front, so he asked in a low voice, "How are the three of them?"
Yao Xiujuan nodded. "They're all pretty good. They're all very hardworking and honest. They remember every account very clearly..."
"Yeah, okay."
"I've bought a lot of new goods this time. I'll pick them up later. I've been on the train for ten days and my whole body is sore. I want to go upstairs and take a shower and change clothes..."
"Brother Tian, there are two thermoses of hot water upstairs. Go upstairs and wash first. I'll boil some more for you..."
"good···"
After cleaning up, Chu Tian went out. He first went to find Chu Min and told him that his grandmother was not at home. Chu Min said that he had heard what Zhang Ping said and said goodbye.
After finding a deserted place, Chu Tian slipped into the space. He first took out some of the summer women's clothing, stretch pants, and jeans and put them in the tricycle bed. He then rode the tricycle out of the space and headed towards the store.
Yes, Chu Tian bought fifteen tricycles in Guangzhou. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy more, but he simply couldn't afford them. Even for these five tricycles, he still spent 10% more than the market price to buy them...
Nowadays, not every household in Xinjiang has bicycles, let alone tricycles which are rare in the mainland. So when Chu Tian rode the tricycle through the streets and alleys back to the store, he was followed by many people who came to join in the fun and see the novelty.
"What is this? Why is it different from a bicycle?"
"This is better than a bicycle. Look, it has a bucket on the back that can hold a lot of things, and you can even live outside the bike..."
"That's great, it must be more expensive than a bicycle..."
“Expensive but worth it...”
Yao Xiujuan was also shocked as she looked at the tricycle Chu Tian rode back. "Brother Tian, what is this?"
Chu Tian pulled the brake and got off the car. While unloading the packages from the truck bed, he explained, "This is a tricycle. It's specially used for transporting goods and people. It's more convenient than a bicycle."
When Yao Xiujuan saw Chu Tian unloading the goods, she hurried forward to help move them into the store. The three shop assistants were not idle either, and they all stepped forward to help. There was strength in numbers, and there were not many things to begin with, so they finished moving them in less than two trips.
Yao Xiujuan took out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped Chu Tian's face, then asked, "Brother Tian, is this tricycle expensive?"
Chu Tian wiped his sweat and said, "It's not cheap. This one costs more than 500..."
Yao Xiujuan was stunned. "What?"
"Oh my god, why is it so expensive?"
"Tsk tsk, more than 500 yuan, enough to buy three bicycles..."
"But it's convenient. I wonder if our supply and marketing cooperative sells one. If so, I'll buy one..."
“That’s expensive too…”
Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Chu Tian returned the handkerchief to Yao Xiujuan and said with a smile, "It's expensive for a reason. Look at the body of this car, it's all made of iron. If you take good care of it, it won't break down for many years. The main thing is, with it, I can save a lot of energy and time when hauling goods, right?"
Without waiting for her reaction, he looked at Li Doudou and Liu Guihong in the shop and said, "These are all clothes and pants. Unpack them and hang up what should be hung and put away what should be put into the warehouse. I'll go get the shoes..."
"Oh, I understand..."
Li Doudou's eyes lit up, and he quickly responded and started to unpack the package.
Chu Tian nodded, got on the tricycle and continued to look for a deserted place to load the goods. In fact, he deliberately said in front of the crowd how much he bought it for, and the price was also high. Well, although it was indeed not cheap when he bought it, a tricycle cost him more than three hundred, but he would not honestly say how much he bought it for. After all, he could not use all fifteen tricycles. He planned to keep two or three and sell the rest...
After running back and forth several times, Chu Tian had almost bought all the new styles, but he didn't buy the denim jackets and several other jackets. He saved them for autumn. Now it was summer, and the long-sleeved jackets would not sell well, so it was better not to buy them for now.
"Brother Tian? What is this?"
Yao Xiujuan watched Chu Tian ride the tricycle into the yard and take out two square objects from the truck bed, and asked curiously.
"Xiujuan, this is a TV. I bought it from Guangzhou..."
"What's a TV?"
Chu Tian took one of the smaller ones and placed it in the clothing store on the first floor. He found a suitable location, plugged it in, and took the antenna for receiving signals to the roof. After debugging for a long time, Chu Tian suddenly heard the screams of Yao Xiujuan and others downstairs, and shouted hurriedly.
"Xiujuan, is anyone coming out?"
"It's out, it's out, Brother Tian, the person you mentioned has appeared on the TV..."
After hearing what he said, Chu Tian fixed the antenna, clapped his hands, and went down from the roof. When he reached the first floor, before he even entered the clothing store, he heard Yao Xiujuan's constant exclamation of admiration. He curled his lips and smiled, thinking that if Yao Xiujuan was so excited, then when Xinxin and the others came back tomorrow, wouldn't she be so happy?
Seeing Chu Tian coming back, Yao Xiujuan quickly pulled Chu Tian to the TV and shouted excitedly, "Brother Tian, look, there is someone talking in this square box..."
Chu Tian looked over and thought, wow, The Bund? And it was Chow Yun-fat in that? Chow Yun-fat in the 1980s looked quite a bit younger, but his acting was clearly quite good, at least much better than the so-called "fresh meat" of today.
(Note: I only know that The Bund was released in 1980, but I don’t know if it was broadcast in mainland China in 1980.)
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